Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka ODI Series 2017 Highlights
Batting:
Babar Azam was most successful batsman among both teams. Babar Azam scored 303 runs in 4 innings remaining one time not out. Babar scored 2 hundred and one fifty. Babar average was 101 and strike rate 75. He struck 17 fours and face 404 balls.
Shoaib Malik scored 161 runs in 4 innings remaining two times not out. Shoaib average was 80.5 and Strike rate of 102.54.Shoaib Malik struck 5 sixes .Malik hit highest number of sixes in this series and have highest strike rate and second highest average.Malik scored two fifties in this series.
Imam-ul-Haq scored 147 runs in three innings remaining one time not out.Imam
average was 73.50 and strike rate of 76.56.Imam scored hundred on his debut.
Wu Tharanga was most succesful batsman from Sri Lankan side .He scored 199 runs in 5 innings. He remained not out in one innings and average was 49.75 and strike rate 72.10.Thirimanne was second succesful batsman who scored 174 runs in 5 innings with average of 34.80 and strike rate of 62.58.
Bowling:
Hasan Ali was most successful bowler in Pakistan vs Sri Lanka ODI series. Hasan took 14 wickets in 5 matches with average of 11.28 and SR of 18.4.Hasan Ali bowled 43 overs and gave 158 runs with economy rate of 3.67.Hasan best bowling figure was 5/34.
Pakistan young spinner Shadab Khan was second highest wicket taskers with 10 wickets.Shadab Khan average was 16.30 and SR of 23.4.
PLS Gamage was highest wicket taker from Sri Lanka.Gamage took 7 wickets in 4 matches with average of 24.00 and strike rate of 25.7.Gamage bowled 30 overs for economy rate of 5.6.Gamage best figure in this series was 4/57.
Best bowling figure in this series was 5/34 by Hasan Ali.Hasan Ali at Abu Dhabi on 18 Oct 2017 take 5 wickets in 10 overs with economy rate of 3.4.
Best Economy rate in an innings was 1.85 by Imad Wasim who gave only 13 runs in 7 overs at Sharjah on 20 Oct 2017.Imad took 2 wickets in this innings.
Usman Khan has best strike rate in an innings.Usman Khan Economy rate was 8.4.He took 5 wickets in 7 overs for 34 runs.
NLTC Perera was most costly bowler who conceded 68 runs in 8 overs with economy rate of 8.5 and took one wicket at Dubai on 13 October 2017.
Sarfraz Ahmed made most dismissals in this series .Sarfraz took 10 catches in 5 matches and best figure in match was 4 catches.
Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman took 4 catches in this series. Highest partnership was between Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik for 139 runs at Dubai on 13 October 2017 for 4th wicket partnership.
Highest strike rate in a match was 132.78 by Shoaib Malik who scored 81 runs in 61 balls.
Records:
Babar Azam scored is 7th ODI century in 2nd ODI of series.Babar Azam has scored 7 hundred in minimum innings .Babar Azam took 33 innings ti score 7 hundred .Hasham Amla scored hist first 7 hundred in 41 innings and Zaheer Abbas 42 innings.Babar Azam scored 5 consecutive hundred in UAE. He became first player to score 5 consecutive hundred in a country.Earlier AB de Villiers scored 4 consecutive hundred in india.
Only Saeed Anwar and Tendulkar scored more hundred in UAE (7) than Babar Azam.
From 30 September 2016 to till Babar Azam scored 7 hundred.Only David Warner scored 7 hundreds in this periods. Babar Azam has second highest ODI average of 57.20.Netherland’s player Ryan ten Doeschate has better average than Babar Azam.
Hasan Ali completed his 50 wickets in ODI in 24 matches .He is on top among Pakistan bowler and fourth among world bowlers to complete 50 wickets in less test.